LED therapy device

• US 20060229689A1
• Filed: 04/07/2006
• Published: 10/12/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Led Technologies LLC
• Original Assignee: Led Technologies LLC
• Inventors: Safer, Brent Allen, Ferguson, Ronald Leslie
• Application Number:
  US11/399,928
• Publication Number:
  US 20060229689A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 607/88
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2005/0644 Handheld applicators
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2005/0659 infrared
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2005/0662 Visible light
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 5/0616 Skin treatment other than tanning

Abstract

One embodiment of the current LED therapy device comprises at least a left and right LED panel, each panel having a front surface and a back surface, the front surface of the left panel forming an angle relative to the front surface of the right panel of 70° to 170°. Each panel'"'"'s front surface is generally vertically oriented. The embodiment also includes a detachably coupled pedestal. The pedestal includes a panel attachment section, a stem section, and a base section. The panel attachment section is detachably coupled to the left and right LED panels through a v-shaped slot and flange coupling. The panel attachment section is detachably coupled to the stem section, which, in turn, is also detachably coupled to the base section.

Claims

1. ) An LED therapy device comprising:

at least a left and right LED panel, each panel having a front surface and a back surface, the front surface of the left panel forming an angle relative to the front surface of the right panel of 70°

to 170° and

being generally vertically oriented;

a pedestal including a panel attachment section, a stem section, and a base section, the left and right LED panels being detachably coupled to the panel attachment section, and the stem section being coupled to the base section and the panel attachment section.

2. ) The LED therapy device of claim 1 wherein, each LED panel further includes a circuit board, the circuit board having a front side and a back side,

the front side being of general uniform color and including a plurality of LEDs mounted thereon, and

the back side (i) including a power supply input mechanism, and (ii) adapted to route power to the plurality of LEDs.

3. ) The LED therapy device of claim 2 wherein, the plurality of LEDs comprises an array including a plurality of infra-red LEDs and a plurality of non infra-red LEDs.

4. ) The LED therapy device of claim 3 wherein, one of the left or right LED panels comprises a first LED panel and the other of the left or right LED panels comprise a second LED panel, the back side of the circuit board of the first LED panel further including an on/off switch, a controller, a sound device, and a power supply output.

5. ) The LED therapy device of claim 4 wherein, the power supply output is adapted to supply power to the power supply input mechanism of the second circuit board of the second LED panel through a power supply conduit.

6. ) The LED therapy device of claim 1 wherein, one of the panel attachment section and both the left and right LED panel back surfaces includes a flange and the other of the panel attachment section and the left and right LED panel back surfaces includes a slot adapted to receive the flange therein.

7. ) The LED therapy device of claim 6 wherein, the flange and slot are v-shaped.

8. ) The LED therapy device of claim 7 wherein, both the left and right LED panel back surfaces include the v-shaped flange, the v-shape flange generally vertically oriented, having a left section, a right section, a top end, a bottom end, a first portion, and a second portion,

the bottom end of the left and right flange sections having a relative distance between less than the top end of the left and right flange sections,

the flange first portion being substantially perpendicularly coupled to the back side of the one or more LED panels at a first portion proximate end, and

the flange second portion (i) integrated with the first portion at a first portion distal end, and (ii) being wider than the flange first portion.

9. ) The LED therapy device of claim 1, wherein one of the left or right LED panels further includes one or more side surfaces, the one or more side surfaces having a power input, an on/off switch, and a power output.

10. ) An LED therapy device comprising:

a pedestal including 2 or more sections adapted to be detachably coupled,

at least one LED panel including a front side, a power supply input, an on/off switch, a buzzer, a controller, and a timing circuit,

the LED panel being detachably coupled to the pedestal, and

the front side (i) being of generally uniform color and (ii) including an array of mounted infra-red LEDs.

11. ) The LED therapy device of claim 10 wherein,

power is supplied to the power supply input,

the timing circuit is adapted to initiate a 9-minute lighting cycle upon the switching on of the on/off switch.

12. ) The LED therapy device of claim 11 wherein, the buzzer is adapted to emit a noise approximately every 60 seconds during the 9-minute lighting cycle.

13. ) The LED therapy device of claim 10, wherein the array of mounted infra-red LEDs consists of 7 columns and 11 rows.

14. ) The LED therapy device of claim 13, wherein the wavelength of the light from the infra-red LEDs is generally 880 nm and the power produced by the infra-red LEDs is generally 2 J/cm².

15. ) The LED therapy device of claim 13, further including a plurality of non infra-red LEDs, the non infra-red LEDs being arranged in a first and a second substantially vertical column, each column having 5 non infra-red LEDs.

16. ) The LED therapy device of claim 15, further including an LED array left end and an LED array right end, the first non infra-red LED column being mounted to the right of the second infra-red LED column nearest the LED array left end and the second non infra-red LED column being mounted to the left of the second infra-red column nearest the LED array right end.

17. ) The LED therapy device of claim 10, wherein at least one LED panel comprises a left and right LED panel, power being supplied to one of the left or right panels through a power supply and power being supplied to the other of the left or right panel through a power conduit between the two panels, power supply adapted to receive power from an outlet having a voltage range of approx 100 volts-240 volts,

18. ) An LED therapy device comprising:

a pedestal including at least two v-shaped slots, and

left and right LED panels, each panel including a front side and a back side, the front side comprising an array of mounted LEDs, the back side including a v-shaped flange adapted to detachably couple the LED panel to the pedestal.

19. ) The LED therapy device of claim 18 wherein, the v-shaped flange comprises two generally vertically oriented flange sections, having a top end and a bottom end, each flange section being spaced from the other flange section a first distance at the bottom end and a second distance at the top end, -the second distance being greater than the first distance.

20. ) The LED therapy device of claim 19, each flange section comprises a first portion and a second portion,

the first portion being substantially perpendicularly coupled to the back side of the one or more LED panels at a first portion proximate end, and

the second portion (i) integrated with the first portion at a first portion distal end, and (ii) being wider than the first portion.